George kautz



(No Model.)

G. KAUTZ.

MASONS FLOAT. No. 398,782. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ()F SAME PLACE.

MASONS FLOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,732, dated. February 26, 1889.

Application filed August 22, 1888.

To all 121710712, it 7220-1 C07LC07IL:

Be it known that I, GEoRoE KAUTZ, of Al- I bany, in the county of Albany and State of 1 New York, have invented anew and Improved l Masons Float, oti which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to construct a niasons float and handle so that said float and handle may be easily and quickly at:- tached or disengaged at pleasure.

A further object is to construct the parts so that the blade shall be held firmly by the handle without the use of nails, and thereby enable a mason to use the float untilv it is worn out, the handle being capable of usage on another float of like construction for an indefinite period; and it consists in the parts which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out 1 in the claims. l

tet'erence is to be had to the acconn'mnying drawings, ii'orminga partot this S1 (.lilt2l.ll0ll, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with a part of the handle broken away so as to disclose l the clamping means. liig. $3 is a section on the line a: of Fig. l, and la ig. t is a detail l bottom view of the handle. i

A represents the blade of the float, and I is I a central longitudinal ridge formed thereon. 1

I) indicates a ln-hlge-hamlle, whose respective ends, (I d, are provided with caps E E, rigidly secured thereto. Each cap E isprovided with two tom-lugs, c c. A screw, 1*, passes through an opening in a cap, so as to firmly 1 unite the cap and handle.

G is a screw or pin for pi a cam-lever, H, to the cap.

vot ally connecting 0 between each cam and the lugs e e, which 'lhere is a space forms a recess for the reception of the ridge B. The operation is as follows: 'hen the cams are in the position shown in Fig. 4-, there is sutiicient space between the inner face of each cam and the lugs e e to admit the ridge l B of the float.

Fig. 4.

\Vhen in that position, the l Serial No. 283,460. (No model.)

handle may be seated on the float. Then by turning the levers II to the position shown in Fig. 2 the cam part of the lever is caused to bind the ridge ll, thereby firmly uniting the handle and float. It is obvious that the handle may be disengaged from the float by turning the cam-levers to the position shown in The arrangement of the parts prevents a strain onthe blade of a float and thereby prevents the float from warping.

llaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A masons float consisting of a blade provided with a ridge, in combination with a handle and a pivoted clamp for binding the handle and ridge aforesaid, substantially as shown and described.

2. A niasons float consisting of a blade pro vidcd with a ridge, in cmnbination with a handle, the respective ends of the handle being provided with a cam and lugs, e c, forming a recess for the reception of the ridge aforesaid, substantially as shown and described.

il. A masons float consistingof abladepro- 1 vided with a ridge, in combination with a handle, the respective ends of the handle bein provided with a ca1n-lever and hi gs, substantially as shown and described.

4. A handle for a masons float, consisting of the ln-idge-lmdy I) d d, the caps E E, fixed to the ends (I d aforesaid, each cap E being provided with one or more lugs, c, and a camlevcr, 11', substantially as shown and described.

A masons float consisting of the bridgebody I) (I d, the caps E E, fixed to the respect ive ends (I d aforesaid, each cap E being provided with one or more lugs, c, and a cam-lever, H, in combination with a blade having a ridge, substantiallyas shown and described.

' GEORGE KAL'TZ. Witnesses:

PETER KRAMER, CHARLES SCHADE. 

